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Home Front: WoT
‘Gitmo prisoners on hunger strike’
2005-07-21
KABUL: Two Afghans released on Wednesday from detention in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba claimed that about 180 other Afghans held at the US detention facility were on a hunger strike to protest alleged mistreatment and to push for their release.
"Yeah! You better let us go or we'll starve to death!"
"More ribs, Kevin?"
"No, thanks, Mark! Couldn't eat another bite!"
A US military spokesman at Guantanamo did not immediately respond to an e-mail request for comment.
"Kevin, I have an e-mail here that sez all the Afghans are on a hunger strike!"
"That's nothin', Mark! I've won 18 Lottos today, and my mail's not even finished downloading!"
The two - identified as Habur Russol and Mohebullah Borekzai - said they were taken from Guantanamo on Monday and flown back to Afghanistan before being released.
"Here y'are back in Afghanistan! Now, beat it!"
"See you later, infidels!"
By Thursday, the prisoners would be on their 15th or 16th day of their fast, they said. “Right now, 180 Afghan prisoners are not eating or drinking,” Russol told reporters in Afghanistan after being released. “Some of the prisoners are sick and there is no medical treatment for them.”
"I'm going golfing. Eat two ribs and call me in the morning!"
Borekzai later explained why the prisoners were protesting. “Some of these people say they were mistreated during interrogation. Some say they are innocent,” he said. “They are protesting that they have been in jail nearly four years and they want to be released.”
We don't even want to discuss how long the people they killed will be dead...
Neil Koslowe, a Washington DC-based lawyer for 12 detainees from Kuwait, said several inmates had told him during a visit to Guantanamo from June 20 to 24 that there was a “widespread” hunger strike over the amount and quality of water they received. Koslowe said he was told that the tap water in the camp was discoloured, foul smelling and caused gastrointestinal ailments among inmates.
"Aaaargh! This stuff is awful! Why, the tap water back home in good old Jalalabad's much tastier! And it won't give you the trotz!"
Posted by:Fred

#15  So starve already. Who gives a shit?

Other than Durban, McKinney, Kennedy, et al., but I'm asking who in the human populations cares.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2005-07-21 18:56  

#14  LOL! Crazy funny pickture.
Posted by: Shipman   2005-07-21 14:45  

#13  You know I got to wonder if the military is grilling pork ribs near club gitmo? Also pork is a staple in the Cuban diet so there might be a lot of pig roasting going on in and around gitmo. I am cold I would cook right next to the yahoos who are refusing meals.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2005-07-21 13:48  

#12  Sen Teddy was there on Friday, and I've been lookin' and haven't seen one report of his visit. Obviously, he would just love to be singing praises about this abuse of hunger strike going on.

These guys need to check with MSM about what is going on before they mouth off! Guess they didn't get the memo, that their friend, Teddy, was coming to the rescue.

Anyone heard anything about Teddy's visit?
Posted by: Sherry   2005-07-21 10:28  

#11  Just put "Do Not Resuscitate" signs on their cells in Arabic and English and walk away.
Posted by: Neutron Tom   2005-07-21 10:18  

#10  Remove their sunblock ration and volleyball.
Posted by: Shipman   2005-07-21 10:00  

#9  Oh, well. Guess they'll have to starve to death then.
Yeah, right.
Posted by: tu3031   2005-07-21 09:23  

#8  Aw, shucks!
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2005-07-21 08:50  

#7  Isn' Teddy on his way there? I hope he didn't miss this latest torture!
Posted by: Bobby   2005-07-21 08:49  

#6  So, does that mean that Fidel and crew gets all the leftover Herb chicken, couscous and green beans or what?
Posted by: BA   2005-07-21 08:43  

#5  water...caused gastrointestinal ailments among inmates

So? Mr. Wife's system reacts every time he changes countries, even drinking only bottled water, and he's been travelling internationally since 1985. He's got meetings scheduled around the world for the next two weeks, and the combination of internal unhappiness and jetlag should make the week after he returns home more than a bit uncomfortable for us all.
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-07-21 08:23  

#4  No soup for us!
Nice pic..Ok I need a beer.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2005-07-21 02:11  

#3  I think the prisoners are on to Fred's scheme for handling the Gitmo detainees: feed them 9,000 calories a day so that they end up waddling home. 400 pound softboyz are no threat to us.
Posted by: Steve White   2005-07-21 01:42  

#2  It's tragic. They are now down to only 20 pounds heavier than when they got to Gitmo.
Posted by: ed   2005-07-21 00:39  

#1  Grill time! Dibs on the potato salad!
Posted by: badanov   2005-07-21 00:22  

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